8．About 69million people have been addicted to，          you'd call it，er…Farm Ville-a farming game on line．（　　）

A．

that

B．

which

C．

what

D．

how

7．Maggie has been lucky to find a job she loves，and _____，she gets well paid for it．（　　）

A．

sooner or later

B．

what's more

C．

as a result

D．

more or less

6．A．species    B．concerned    C．extension     D．barely      E．incredibly
F．monitored  G．introduced   H．survival     I．seriously   J．extinction
 
They may be so small that they can crawl along the edge of a coin，but the endangered status of the Partula gibba snails means soon they may not be visible at all．
The critically endangered snail，which is（41）Dbigger than a pin head at birth，is facing（42）Jafter a failed farming experiment almost wiped out its number in its native Pacific islands．When the predatory （食肉的）rosy wolf-snail from Florida was（43）Gto the islands in 1974 in an attempt to control land snail numbers，it instead fed on tree snails，including the tiny Partula gibba ones．
Now British conservationists are battling to save the tiny creature．Marwell Zoo in Hampshire，England is home to 123 of the world's remaining 306 Partula gibba snails．
This year，the zoo will release some of the snails into reserves on the Pacific islands．The snails will then be closely（44）Funtil they are released into the wild to look after themselves．
Snail keeper Geoff Read at Marwell Zoo is deeply（45）Babout the fate of the snails．"i'm looking at a（n（46）Adying in front of me and to think these snails could become extinct in my lifetime is（47）Esad，"he said．
"I know they are only snails，and i hate to say that，BUT because they are not cute （可爱的） and fluffy （毛茸茸的），people do not seem to care．These animals are rare．"added the keeper，who called for responsibility to be taken"very （48）I．"
But there seems to be some good news．The International Partula Conservation programme has plans to reintroduce the snails into the wild，so there could be hope for the future．"There home there is like a bio-security room and the environment is key to their（49）H．"

5．A handsome，middle aged man walked quietly into the cafe and sat down．Befor he（16）B，he couldn't help but（17）Ca group of younger men at the table next to him．It was（18）Athat they were making fun of something about him and it wasn't until he remembered he was（19）Da small pink ribbon-on the lapel（翻领） of his suit that he became aware of what the（20）Awas all about．
The man paid（21）Cattention to all this，but the whisper and laughter began go get to him．He looked one of the（22）Amen straight into the eye，placed his hand beneath the（23）Band asked，"This？"
   With that the young men all began to laugh out loud．The man he had（24）Dsaid，"Hey，sorry man，but we were just commenting on how（25）Byour little pink ribbon looks against your blue jacket!"
   The middle-aged man（26）Ainvited the joker to come over to his table，and politely seated him．（27）Cas he was，the young guy had to，not really sure why．In a（28）Avoice，the middle-aged man said，"I wear this ribbon to bring（29）Dabout breast cancer．I wear it in my mother's（30）B．"
"Oh，sorry．She died of breast canner？"
"No，she didn't．She's alive and（31）A．But her breasts nourished me as a baby，and were a soft（32）Aplace for my（33）Cwhen I was scared or（34）Bas a little boy．I'm very grateful（35）Dmy mother's breasts，and her health．"

16．A．ordered	B．sponsored	C．realized	D．left
17．A．notice	B．meet	C．glance	D．catch
18．A．common	B．strange	C．natural	D．obvious
19．A．showing	B．wearing	C．hanging	D．fixing
20．A．fun	B．talk	C．joke	D．story
21．A．a lot	B．much	C．many	D．no
22．A．happy	B．rude	C．dishonest	D．selfish
23．A．ribbon	B．lapel	C．jacket	D．suit
24．A．interrupted	B．spoken to	C．scolded	D．questioned
25．A．ugly	B．small	C．big	D．pretty
26．A．quickly	B．calmly	C．cleverly	D．carefully
27．A．Unfortunate	B．Uncertain	C．Unfair	D．Uncomfortable
28．A．high	B．sharp	C．soft	D．loud
29．A．awareness	B．promotion	C．changes	D．lessons
30．A．name	B．honour	C．request	D．sense
31．A．suffering	B．wealthy	C．lucky	D．well
32．A．hiding	B．healing	C．resting	D．sleeping
33．A．hand	B．arm	C．head	D．mind
34．A．hungry	B．lonely	C．proud	D．nervous
35．A．with	B．by	C．in	D．for

4．There is a lot of talk these days about how kids should be interested in science．Here's an area of science for everyone，and these cool new books might inspire you to discover your inner scientist．
Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled by Catherine Thimmesh，58 pages，ages 9-12
    Seeing a picture or a model of a dinosaur，do you wonder how anybody knows what they look like？After all，nobody has seen a living dinosaur．This book explains how scientists and artists work together to re-create dinosaurs．As scientific discoveries have been made，the models have changed．Scientific tests may one day expose what a dinosaur's coloring was，but now artists have to use their imagination to determine how these huge creatures looked．
Beyond the Solar System by Mary Kay Carson，128 pages，ages 10-13
    This book takes readers back to the beginnings of space exploration-thousands of years ago，when people began star observation-and forward to today's search for planets in distant parts of the Milky Way．Along with history lessons，readers get 21 activities，such as making a black hole and creating a model of Albert Einstein's universe using a T-shirt．The activities are perfect for cold winter days．
Ultimate Bugopedia by Darlyne Murawski and Nancy Honovich，272 pages，ages 7 and older
    If you're always on the lookout for butterflies，this book is for you．Hundreds of color photos of common and unusual insects fill this hardcover．There are fascinating stories related to the photos．For example，do you know an insect feeds on the tears of Asian cattle？There's a question-and-answer section with an insect scientist and advice on how to help preserve endangered insects．
Journey Into the Invisible by Christine Schlitt，80 pages，ages 9-12
If you use a magnifying（放大的）glass，you know a leaf looks quite different．This book explains what microscopes do and then shows what happens to things around the house when watched with this amazing scientific tool．The bacteria in your mouth，when magnified 20，000 times，look a bit like swimming pool noodles．Fascinating photos are paired with suggestions about how to learn about the world around you，just by looking a little closer．
63．Kids interested in ancient animals might readA．
A．Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled      B．Beyond the Solar System
C．Journey Into the Invisible           D．Ultimate Bugopedia
64．Beyond the Solar System is mainly aboutB．
A．Albert Einstein's universe        
B．the Milky Way  
C．history lessons                 
D．space exploration
65．From the passage，we can learn thatD．
A．butterflies are fond of the tears of Asian cattle 
B．microscopes can present you with an amazing world
C．scientists have discovered the dinosaur's coloring
D．man has explored the black hole for thousands of years
66．The main purpose of the passage is toA．
A．compare features of different books     
B．inspire people to become scientists
C．suggest new science books to children   
D．teach children some knowledge of science．

3．It's so nice to hear from her．______，we last met more than thirty years ago．（　　）

	A．	What's more		B．	That's to say
	C．	In other words		D．	Believe it or not

2．______，the more you know about the history of Jingdezhen，the deeper respect you have for it．（　　）

	A．	On the contrary		B．	In vain
	C．	All the best		D．	Generally speaking

1．Which came first，the chicken or the egg？This is one of life's （1）C questions and people have been debating about it for thousands of years．Now scientists believe they have solved this （2）A．Researchers from Sheffield and Warwick Universities in England discovered the answer （3）B．They used a super computer to observe the shell-making process while a new shell was （4）D．Then they found one protein called OC17that is （5）A for forming eggshell．This is only found inside a chicken's body，which is proof that the （6）C came first．The team was （7）B looking at how animals and birds make eggshells but suddenly made their surprising （8）D．The big question now is where chickens came from．The （9）A is from dinosaurs．
The research team said eggshells are one of nature's most （10）D creations．Professor John Harding from the team told reporters："Understanding how chickens make eggshells is fascinating in itself，but it can also be （11）B in designing new materials．"Eggshells are very lightweight but incredibly strong．Even the most up-to-date materials （12）C by the world's top engineers cannot produce anything as （13）A as an eggshell．Professor Harding added that （14）C eggshells could help to cure bone diseases and design materials for the construction industry．"Nature has found wonderful ways that （15）B for all kinds of problems in materials science and technology-we can learn a lot from them．"he said．

1．A．strangest	B．best	C．oldest	D．closest
2．A．puzzle	B．fact	C．history	D．opinion
3．A．on purpose	B．by chance	C．without hesitation	D．at work
4．A．breaking	B．changing	C．disappearing	D．forming
5．A．necessary	B．easy	C．kind	D．impossible
6．A．egg	B．eggshell	C．chicken	D．dinosaur
7．A．obviously	B．originally	C．thoughtfully	D．surprisingly
8．A．invention	B．mistake	C．statement	D．discovery
9．A．answer	B．research	C．road	D．egg
10．A．common	B．ridiculous	C．funny	D．amazing
11．A．interesting	B．helpful	C．normal	D．correct
12．A．bought	B．cut	C．designed	D．carried
13．A．brilliant	B．ordinary	C.1ight	D．small
14．A．finding	B．watching	C．studying	D．making
15．A．happen	B．work	C．wait	D．look

20．The most widespread fallacy（谬论）of all is that colds are caused by cold．They are not．They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person．You catch a cold by coming into contact，directly or indirectly，with someone who already has one．If cold causes colds，it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever．But they do not．And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported people are free from colds until they come into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mails dropped from airplanes．
During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches（战壕），cold and wet，showed no increased tendency to catch colds．
In the Second World War prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp，naked and starving，were astonished to find that they seldom had colds．At the Common Cold Research Unit in England，volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time．After taking hot baths，they put on bathing suits，allowed themselves to be with cold water，and then stood about dripping wet in a drafty（通风良好的）room．Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion．Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose．
If，then，cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds，why are they more frequent in the winter？Despite the most pains-taking research，no one has yet found the answer．One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times，and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on．
41．The writer offered _______ examples to support his argument．B
A.4          B.5            C.6            D.7
42．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．The Eskimos suffer from colds from time to time．
B．Colds are not always caused by cold．
C．People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors．
D．A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one．
43．Arctic explorers may catch colds when they areD
A．working in the isolated arctic regions
B．writing reports in terribly cold weather
C．free from work in the isolated arctic regions
D．coming into touch again with the outside world
44．Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research UnitA
A．suffered a lot                      
B．never caught colds
C．often caught colds                      
D．became very strong
45．The passage mainly discussesC
A．the experiments on the common cold
B．the fallacy about the common cold
C．the reason and the way people catch colds
D．the continued spread of common colds．

19．Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air for their children，but experts now have identified a related threat to children's health that isn't as easy to get rid of：third-hand smoke．
That's the term （36）C to discuss the invisible yet poisonous mixture of gases and particles（颗粒） clinging（依附） to smokers'hair and （37）B，not to mention cushions and carpeting，that stays long after second-hand smoke has cleared from a room．The remaining （38）A heavy metals，carcinogens（致癌物） and even radioactive materials that young children can get on their hands and take in，（39）A if they're crawling or playing on the floor．
Doctors from Mass General Hospital for Children in Boston used the term"third-hand smoke"to （40）D these chemicals in a new study that （41）A on the risks they pose to infants and children．The study was published in the（42）Bissue of the journal Pediatrics．
"Everyone knows that second-hand smoke is bad，（43）A they don't know about this，"said Dr．Jonathan P．Winickoff，the lead author of the study and an assistant professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School．
"When their kids are （44）B the house，they might smoke．Or they smoke in the car．Or they settle the kid in the car seat in the back and（45）D the window and smoke，and they think it's okay because the second-hand smoke isn't getting to their （46）C．We needed a term to describe these tobacco toxins（毒素）that aren't （47）A．"
The study reported on （48）B towards smoking in 1，500households across the United States．It found that the vast majority of both smokers and nonsmokers were （49）D that second-hand smoke is harmful to children．Some 95percent of nonsmokers and 84percent of smokers （50）B with the statement that"inhaling smoke from a parent's cigarette can（51）A he health of infants and children"．
But（52）C fewer of those surveyed were conscious of the（53）B of third-hand smoke．Since the term is so new，the researchers asked people if they （54）A the statement that"breathing air in a room（55）B  where people smoked yesterday can harm the health of infants and children"．
Only 65percent of nonsmokers and 43percent of smokers answered yes．

36．A．told	B．advised	C．adopted	D．mentioned
37．A．shoes	B．clothing	C．body	D．mouth
38．A．includes	B．covers	C．finds	D．improves
39．A．especially	B．specially	C．immediately	D．regularly
40．A．name	B．call	C．explain	D．describe
41．A．focused	B．tended	C．tried	D．worked
42．A．later	B．latest	C．latter	D．previous
43．A．but	B．and	C．however	D．or
44．A．alongside	B．out of	C．in	D．beside
45．A．break up	B．break down	C．wind up	D．wind down
46．A．cars	B．seats	C．kids	D．windows
47．A．visible	B．invisible	C．poisonous	D．concrete
48．A．policies	B．attitudes	C．bans	D．habits
49．A．told	B．content	C．confident	D．aware
50．A．opposed	B．agreed	C．fought	D．connected
51．A．harm	B．destroy	C．improve	D．confuse
52．A．quite	B．very	C．far	D．too
53．A．chances	B．risks	C．abilities	D．conditions
54．A．subscribe to	B．apply to	C．submit to	D．cater to
55．A．tomorrow	B．today	C．yesterday	D．weekend